By Kim Doleatto, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 13, 2019
in
Community, School Readiness, Solutions Journalism Partnership.
It’s tough to scale a fence designed to keep one group in, and another out. Likewise, scaling an educational system designed around racial segregation has left many children of color still climbing. Even though numbers are improving, more than half…
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By Brian Ries, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on February 1, 2019
in
Community, Family Engagement, Solutions Journalism Partnership, Solutions Journalism Partnership — Podcasts, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Here in Sarasota, Florida, we’re lucky to have some powerful philanthropy at work on early-childhood outcomes. The Patterson Foundation, which supports this podcast and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s reporting on grade-level reading issues, is one of the primary supporters of the…
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By Caroline Russell, 7th-grade student at Sarasota Middle School
on December 11, 2018
in
Attendance, Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Volunteer.
Editor’s Note: Caroline Russell is a 7th-grade student in the Panther Gifted Academy at Sarasota Middle School who volunteered with the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading during the Sarasota Holiday Parade. Earlier this year, I was inducted into the National…
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By Heather Koester, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on December 7, 2018
in
Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
SCGLR received a touching letter the day after the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading participated in the 2018 Sarasota Holiday Parade: “Ryan and I enjoyed walking in the parade so much! He is on the Autism Spectrum and was so,…
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